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strawberry cake truffles

Strawberry Cake Truffles

Abhipriya Raghav
Gorgeously pink cake truffles made with fresh strawberries and dipped in melted chocolate.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 truffles

Ingredients
  

  • 150 grams fresh strawberries, pureed
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 3 whole eggs, whites and yolks separated
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • ¾ tsp baking powder
  • tsp salt
  • 1 tsp strawberry extract
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • few drops pink food coloring, optional
  • 5 tbsp cream cheese
  • 200 grams chocolate, dark or white
  • 2 tbsp melted butter

Instructions
 

  • In a mixing bowl, add the egg yolks, milk and oil.
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  • Add the strawberry puree, strawberry extract and food coloring if using. Beat until well combined.
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  • Sift flour, baking powder, cornstarch and salt and add to the egg mixture. Fold until combined.
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  • In a separate clean bowl, add the egg whites.
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  • Beat the egg whites on medium speed for a minute. Start adding the sugar in parts and beat until stiff peaks are formed.
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  • This might take upto 5 minutes. Pre-heat the oven at 180°C.
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  • Fold the meringue into the prepared batter in parts
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  • Grease and line a baking tray with parchment paper and pour the batter and tap against the counter to release the air bubbles. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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  • Cool the cake down completely. Crumble the cake and add the cream cheese to it. mix well with the cake.
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  • Form 10-12 even sized balls and chill for 15 minutes.
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  • In a microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate and the butter and melt for a minutes. Stir well to avoid lumps.
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  • Using two forks, take one cake ball and dip in chocolate and place it on a tray lined with parchment paper. Chill until the chocolate in hard.
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  • Serve chilled.
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Notes

  • While beating the egg whites, make sure that the bowl is clean and also the whites are free from any spec of yolk or dust.
  • Add the sugar to the egg whites in parts.
  • While adding the flour to the egg ,mixture, fold the batter until just combined and no more.
  • Do not over mix the batter.
  • While adding the meringue to the batter, again fold it into the batter gently. Do not over mix as this might release the air that was incorporated.
  • Adding food color is optional.
  • After baking, you can peel the top brown layer if you feel that the smell of the eggs are too strong.
  • Crumble the cake once it has completely cooled down.
  • Freeze the cake balls before dipping in the chocolate to make sure it hold the shape.
  • You can melt the chocolate using a microwave oven or by using the double-boiler method.
  • Bake the cake for 25 minutes. If it is still under-cooked then bake for another 5 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
  • Once the cake truffles are dipped in the chocolate, chill it to make sure the chocolate is set before serving.
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